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eradicate
(redirected from eradications)

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e·rad·i·cate  (-rd-kt)
tr.v. e·rad·i·cat·ed, e·rad·i·cat·ing, e·rad·i·cates
1. To tear up by the roots.
2. To get rid of as if by tearing up by the roots: Their goal was to eradicate poverty. See Synonyms at abolish, eliminate.

[Middle English eradicaten, from Latin rdcre, rdct- : -, ex-, ex- + rdx, rdc-, root; see wrd- in Indo-European roots.]

e·radi·ca·ble (-k-bl) adj.
e·radi·cation n.
e·radi·cative adj.
e·radi·cator n.

eradicate
Verb
[-cating, -cated] to destroy or get rid of completely: measures to eradicate racism [Latin e- out + radix root]
eradicable adj
eradication n
eradicator n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.eradicate - kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
decimate - kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
2.eradicate - destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"
destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

eradicate
verb wipe out, eliminate, remove, destroy, get rid of, abolish, erase, excise, extinguish, stamp out, obliterate, uproot, weed out, annihilate, put paid to, root out, efface, exterminate, expunge, extirpate, wipe from the face of the earth
Translations
eradicate [ɪˈrædɪkeɪt] vterradicar, extirpar

eradicate [ɪˈrædɪkeɪt] vtéliminer

eradicate [ɪˈrædɪkeɪt] vtausrotten

eradicate [ɪˈrædɪkeɪt] vtsradicare

eradicate
v eradicate [iˈradikeit]
to get rid of completely Smallpox has almost been eradicated. uitroei, ontwortel يَسْتَأصِل، يَجْتَثُّ، يَتَخَلَّص من униюожавам vymýtit udrydde; afskaffe ausrotten εξαλείφω erradicar välja juurima ریشه کن کردن؛ از بین بردن voittaa lopullisesti, hävittää perin pohjin supprimer לְבָעֵר उन्मूलन iskorijeniti, istrijebiti kipusztít membasmi útrÿma sradicare 根こそぎにする 근절하다 išnaikinti, išgyvendinti izskaust basmi uitroeien utrydde helt, rykke opp med rota wytępić, wykorzenić erradicar a era­dica искоренять vyhubiť izkoreniniti iskoreniti utrota กำจัดจนหมดสิ้น yok etmek, kökünü kazımak 根除 виривати з коренем مکمل طور پر نجات پا لینا thủ tiêu
n eˌradiˈcation
uitroeiing, ontworteling إسْتِئْصال، إبادَه، إجْتِثاث унищожение vyhlazení udryddelse; afskaffelse die Ausrottung εξάλειψη erradicación hävitamine ریشه کنی؛ نابودی hävittäminen suppression בִּיעוּר नाश istrebljenje kiirtás pembasmian útrÿming sradicamento 根絶 근절 išnaikinimas, išgyvendinimas izskaušana pembasmian uitroeiing utrydding wytępienie erradicação eradicare искоренение vyhubenie izkoreninjenje istrebljenje utrotning การถอนรากเหง้า yok etme, kökünü kazıma 根除 знищення خاتمہ sự thủ tiêu


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It's a marvelous example of the way we should deal with eradications," agrees Roger Mann of the College of William and Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science in Gloucester Point, Va.
 
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